Tent.



PATBNTED JAN. 10, 1905.

E. I. RICE. TENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 29, 1904.

WITNESSES IJ'V' V'ILIN'TO If flTTORNEY. I

. dians tent, and which 'tJNITEn EDWARD L RiCE, OF SYRACUSE,

Patented January 10, 1905 NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO JOHN B. \VELCII, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

TENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 779,500, dated January 10, 1905.

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Be it known that I Enwnn) 1. Rich ot' l in inclined position.

Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tents, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. v

The object of this invention is to provide a tent preferably of ashape resemblingan Inshall have its com ponentparts adapted to be folded in a neat and cornpact manner for conveniently carrying? or shipping thein and shallbe iraditv assembled and erecte for use either inside or outside of ,a ouilding, as may be desired, and shall also be capable of bei ng readil vsh i t't-ed in its erected position without danger ol its collapsing.

The invention is more particularly designed for small tents suitable to be used by child ren; and to that end the invention consists in the novel construction and combination oi" the component parts of the tent, hereinafter described and claimed.

in the annexed drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a completed tent embodying my invention. Fig. iiis a perspective view of the frame 01 the tent. Fig. 3 shows a (letaehed condition of one of the poles or legs of the tent. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical transverse section of the howl-block :i'nd superposed cap of the tent-frame. File. 5 is an inverted plan view of said howl-block, and Fig. (5 illustrates one of the means For fastening the bottom of the cover to the tent-frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

The tent-frame consists of the hear l-bloek 1/,

or an equilateral polygon hav-,

Each of these poles i Form of sections spliced detaehahlv end to end, preferably by means of a sleeve 1/, embracing the pole-sections at their junction.

1, denotes a cap or plate which is shaped similar to the head-block [I and placed in an inverted position upon the'top ot' the heath block and fastened tilereto by nails, screws, or other suitable iineans. The head-hlock and cap thus united term at their junction ae ioove f around the-erctcriorthereof tor the purpose hereinafter ezq'ilained. A The to o the cap 2 0 is provided with llieilliuil sockets /1. /i. into \vhich'arc removal'ilv inserted suitable sticks K], which by their upwardlysliverging posi tions serve to prcvent the eover i from being stripped completely upward from the tentframe. This cover is shaped to lie smoothly upon theinrlined poles tl1r .niglioid the lengths thereol and is l'ormed with a central aperture and a vertical openii'ig extending from said central aperture to the bottom of the tenlframe, and is provided with thongs/or other suitable fastening devices tor tying together the edges of the upper portion oi the opening 0 and gathering the top edge of the cover r und the head-block anil removably securing it thereto. in applying the cover I the (tap serves to prevent the said cover lrom slipping laterally from the howl-block. 'lhe. slicks which are subsequently applied to the cap rand are disposed rli\(l'} 1fent from each 80 other, furnish additional guards to prevent the cover 1' from being accidentally stripped upivard eonipletelv from the top of the tenti'ranie.

To the lower ends-or l'eel oi the poles 5 are attached hooks [or other suitable i'astoning; devices for attaching thereto the lo'\v ermost thongs f or their mprivalents, so as to maintain the cover spread smoothly over the tent-traineand at thosametimedrawthepoles 9 upward to preventtho pole-sections l'rom slipping apart and from slipping'oui ol' the headbloelco when theeompleted lent is lil h-d from the ground or floor and shil'ted inlo dill'erent, positions.

The tent thu eoihfru -ied is readily tak n apart, and the component parts are adapted to be placed compactly into a suitable case which is conveniently handled.

The operation of taking thef 2 art is quickly and conveniently accomplished by detaching the bottom of the cover vffrom the lower ends of the poles I; 7) and untying or loosening the fastening devices 1' and after removing the sticks Z Z stripping the cover from the frame. Then the poles I) 7) are to be drawn out of the sockets c c of the head-block and the pole-sections to be separated by slipping one or both out of the sleeve (Z, and then all of the component parts of the tent thus separated from each other are readily collected and deposited in a compact condition in a suitable case. i

What I claim as my invention is 1. A tent-frame consisting of a head-block provided with inclined sockets and poles composed of sections detaehably united end to end and removably inserted in the said sockets, in combination with the cover secured to the head-block and provided at its bottom with means for detachably connecting it to the lower ends of the poles and thereby maintaining the frame intact when the tent is lifted bodily from the ground or lioor as set forth.

2. A tentcomposed of ahead-block provided with inclined sockets in its top and bottom, poles inserted into the bottom sockets, sticks inserted into the top sockets, and the textile cover provided with an aperture recelving the head-block and tied thereto between the attached ends of the 'poles and sticks.

3. A tenteomposed of ahead-block provided with inclined sockets in its top and bottom, poles inserted into the bottom sockets sticks inserted into the top sockets, the textile cover provided with an aperture receiving the headblock and tied thereto between the attached ends of the poles and sticks, and fastening devices on the feet of the poles for attaching the bottom of the cover thereto.

4. In a tent, the combination of a head-block consisting of a horizontal section of a pyramid provided with inelined sockets in its bottom, a similarly-shaped cap secured in an inverted position to the top of the head-block and provided with sockets in its top, polesinserted in the sockets of the head-block, sticks inserted in the sockets of the cap,'and a co v er tied to the head-block.

EDWARD I. RlGE.

Witnesses:

L. H. FULMEP, J. J LAASS. 

